Car construction



30, 193g. w. lA. BEUCHAMP v 1,874,226

GAR oNsTRUcTIoN Filed Feb. 5. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 :f/v VEN TO/e h//LFEED A?. EHUCHHMP Patented Aug. 30, 1932 UNITED STATI-2s wirrnnn A. BEAUCHAMP,

PATENT ori-leaf- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF I`.l'.|`IiI'N0IS4 CAB, CONSTRUC'rICN Application led February 5, 1930. '.Sen'al Io. 425,962.1

This invention relates toV car construction and is directed primarily tothe side sill structure of railway house cars. s

An object of the invention resides in the novel arrangement of side sills, whereby said sills are adaptedto serve astracks'for sliding doors. i

A further object is the provision ofside sills adapted to function as tracks for sliding doors and permitting, without modification, the use of the customary connections between said sills and connecting members.

jury to said hangers by side swiping is greatly minimized. j

Other objects and advantages willbecome apparent from the description of the invention taken in connection with the drawings forming a part thereof in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a housefca'r embodying the invention and having a; pair of bottom supported doors mounted for sliding movement. Y V l Figure 2 is a sectionl taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1. v

Figures '3 and 4 are similar sectional views, showing modilied constructions embodying the invention. f 1 f Referring to the drawings, the numeral designates a railway house car on which doors 11*-11 are mounted for sliding movement. The doorsas shown are providedfwith i corrugated metal panels,'although it isto be. understood that any preferred type of door construction lmay beemployed. .Bottom hangers 12-12 are fused for mountingsaidV doors. At the upper margins of the doors brackets 13--13 are employed, said brackets ,limiting inwardmovement of the doors, while outward movement is' limited by the engage- Iment of said margins with the lower iange of the side` plate 14. A starting and closing Vmechanism `is indicated; in its-entiretyA by the numeral l5. The numeral 16 designates as a whole a latching and lsealing,devicefor or CHICAGO, vigriztnaors, AssrGNoR 'ro CAMEL ConrrAN-m'or ,the doors. While a pair of doors is shown, V

it is .to be understood that the-invention is notlimited thereto, but .may be employed Vwith a single door as well. r

The side sill ofthe present invention is denoted by the numeral 17. This sill, as clearly shown fin Figure 2of the drawings, comprises a substantially verticalwebV 18, from thel upper margin ofwhichasubstan- `tially .horizontal flange 19` projects. At the lower margin of said web there isprovided ,oppositely extending flanges 2O and21.. Po-

sitioned between the web 18a-nd the metallic `sheathing 23 of the car and secured theretois a2 shaped member 22. It is obviousfrom the foregoing that the side sill-thus presents ,antunobstructed web facing outwardlyor` the carv and Aa channel `construction` facing inwardly thereof, permittingthe usual and accepted attachments of car sheathing and car underframing respectively toA saidsill. The downwardly depending leg-of the Zv-bar 22, carried by the side sillprovides means which is engageable with .upwardly` extending vianges l24 on the hangers 12 to limit outward movement of the lower `part of thedoor.

, The `flange 21 of the sill17., as .clearly shown in Figure 2 of the d1awings,extends laterally beyond the car` and is spaced a suitable distance below the floor `25. This lange21, of

.the side sill construction by virturjeA ofits .position relative-to the car isrendefred capable ofserving as aV track for the doors `11-11.

vMoreover, saidtrack flange, in view of its lateral extension relative to the car, enables the door supporting hangers to be positioned in cl-ose proximity to said door and so avoid any substantial offset relationship between said door and the rolling means of thenhangers. The foregoing is illustrated in Figure 2 of tlie drawings and also in Figures 3 and of the drawings showing modifications of the invention, the relationship between the door and the rollers of the hangers being clearly apparent.

Figure `3 of the drawings illustrates a modification of the construction shown in Figures and 2, in that a Z-bar side sill 26 is employed, rather than the side sill 17.

In Figure 4 of the drawings there is shown a medication illustrated as applied to asin-,

gle sheathed car, although it is to be understood that the modification shown inthis figure is not limited to such car construction.

VThe side sill 27 shown in this figure takes the form of a substantially W shaped member having a laterally extending flange 28 which 'projects 'beyond the, car and serves as track means adapted to support doors for sliding movement. The door is supported upon said flange by means of hangers 29, said 'hangers being provided with upwardly extending flanges 30 adapted to cooperate with the downwardly extending flange 31 of the sill in order to limit outward movement of the lower portion ofthe door. The flange 31 additionally serves to strengthen theflange 28, which latter flange may serve as a support for stationary posts or braces 32 secured to said flange and to the web of the side sill by means of' gusset members 33. In another aspect -of the embodiment of the invention shownin Figure 4 the side sill takes the form of a Z shaped member of which the flange 28 serves as a track. This flange is provided with the downwardly extending `flange 31 adapted to function as hereinbefore set forth. It is to be understood that the track flanges of the constructions shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings may embody a downwardly directed flange similar to the flange 31 shown in Figure 4 of the drawings. In this event the member 22 may be `dispensed with and hangers similar to hangers 29 will be substituted for the hangers 12. It is apparent that numerous modifications and changes may be made in the details of the embodiments set forth without departing ya door opening in said car body, said sill being so constructed and arranged relative to said door opening as to constitute a track for a door provided on said car body and a flange cured thereto a member presenting a downwardly extending flange.

3. The combination with the side posts and vbraces'of a. house car, of a side sill, said sill having a flange positioned below said posts and braces, gusset members rigidly connecting said flange and posts and braces, said flange extending laterally of said posts and braces and constituting a track for a door provided thereon.

4. Astructural member adapted for use in side sill construction for railway house cars comprising, a substantially W shaped member, one of the flanges of said member being positioned substantially horizontal and another of the flanges of said member depending from said first mentioned flange and adapted to serve as a guide for the purpose set forth.

5. A side sill for railway house cars comprising a substantially vertical web, a substantially horizontal flange extending from the upper margin of said web, a substantially horizontal flange extending from the lower margin thereof laterally beyond said car to serve as a track for a sliding door, said sill being provided with means forming a guide for said door.

6. In a railway house car, in combination, a `side wall provided with a door opening, a

ly horizontal flange spaced below said door `opening, and extending laterally beyond said side wall, whereby said flange is adapted to serve as a track for a door adapted to close said opening.

7 In combination, a car body, a side sill, a

'door opening in said car body, said sill being constructed and arranged to extend laterally beyond said car body to constitute a track for fa door provided on said car body for closing 'said opening, said sill being provided with a flange forming guide and retaining means for said door. v

8. In a side vsill for a railway house car comprising, in combination, a structural from the Spirit of the invention and au Such member embodying a substantially vertical portion, a flange extending at right angles to said vertical portion, said vertical portion carrying a member having a downwardly extending spaced flange for the purpose set forth. N

9 The combination with the posts and braces of a house car of a side sill, said sill having a flange positioned below said posts -and braces, means rigidly securing said posts pand braces to .said side sill, said flange ex- I tending laterally beyond said posts and braces for the purpose set forth.

10. In side sill construction for a railway house car, an angular member having a substantially vertical portion, a substantially horizontal flange positioned below said portion extending laterally beyond said car, whereby said flange is adapted to serve as a track for a sliding door mounted upon said car, said flange. having downwardly extending means adapted to form a guide and retainer for said door.

1l. In a railway house car, in combination, a side wall provided with a door opening. a side sill construction including a Z shaped member positioned with one flange thereof extending substantially horizontally, said flange projecting beyond said side wall to serve as a track for a door adapted to close said opening, and a downwardly directed flange depending from said horizontal flange for the purpose set forth.

12. In a side sill construction for a railway house car comprising, in combination, a structural member embodying a substantially vertical portion, a substantially horizontal flange extending from the upper margin of said vertical portion, substantially horizontal oppositely extending flanges projecting from the lower margin of said vertical portion and a downwardly extending member carried by said sill adapted to serve as guide and retaining means.

13. The combination with the side wall of a railway house car provided with a door opening and a sliding door mounted on the outside of said wall to close said opening, of a side sill construction embodied in said car, a portion of said sill construction being positioned laterally beyond said wall and directly beneath said door, whereby said sill construction serves as a track for said door.

14. The combination with the side wall of a railway house car provided with a door opening and a sliding door mounted on the outside of said wall to close said opening, of a side sill construction embodied in said car, said sill construction including a flange projecting laterally beyond said wall to lie directly beneath said door for the purpose set forth.

15. The combination with the side wall of a railway house car provided with a door opening and a sliding door mounted on the outside of said wall to close said opening, of a side sill construction embodied in said car, said sill construction including a flange projecting laterally beyond said side wall to lie directly beneath said door, said flange having a downwardly extending portion for the purpose set forth.

16. The combination with the side wall of a railway house car provided with a door opening and a sliding door mounted on the outside of said wall to close said opening,

of a longitudinally extending substantially Z shaped member secured to said car adjacent one side thereof, the flanges of said member being positioned substantially horizontally, one of said flanges projecting laterally beyond said wall and directly beneath said door for the purpose set forth.

17. VThe combination with the side wall of a railway house car provided with a door opening and a sliding door mounted on the outside of said wall to close said opening, of

f a longitudinally extending Z shaped member secured to said car adjacent one side thereof, the side flanges of said member being positioned substantially horizontally, one of said flanges projecting laterally beyond said wall and directly beneath said door, said flange having a downwardly extending portion or the purpose set forth. A

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 28th day of January, 1930. WILFRED A. BEAUCHAMP. 

